My rating: 3.5 out of 5
BOOK OVERVIEW
Someone actually broke into the Villa Genevieve without alerting anyone in the house and took Renauld & his wife hostage for a 'secret' and later killed him.
Story complicates even more when there is an affair to be rumoured in between the victim and his neighbour!
What is this 'secret'? Did Renauld predicted his death and hence called for help? Is his rumoured mistress is behind all this? If so...then who is this another mysterious lady named 'Bella'?
Poirot and other officials are determined to solve this case and find the culprit behind this all!
Poirot and other officials are determined to solve this case and find the culprit behind this all!
MY THOUGHTS
This is my first mystery read of this year so far and my third read of Agatha Christie book.I read 'Murder of Roger Ackroyd' and 'Mysterious affairs at Styles' by this author earlier and both were decent reads for me.'Murder on the Links' is the second book in the 'Hercule Poirot' and again we follows Poirot's roommate and friend Arthur Hastings as our narrator.
I loved the storyline and the plot of the book, it was predictable in some places but also managed to surprise me in between.Each characters were complex and had something to hide, hence we had every aspect of actually what happened uncovered inch by inch.That was fun to read.
I loved Poirot, his methodical ways of solving the crime and his OCD. I also liked other secondary characters just fine. My main issue was our narrator 'Hastings', I did not like him in the first book but in this book - I simply hated him. Some of his actions did not make any sense to me and he came across as very weak and idiot character. And don't get me started with the romance part of the book.I hated that also.Especially the one concerning our main character was so insta-lovey that I literally cringed while I read that and that made me dislike these characters even more.
I would give full marks to the story but other than that I had issues with lots of things and almost all concerning to Hastings and his questionable actions.
Plot and Writing - ☆☆☆☆☆
Characters, Relationships and Romance - ☆☆
So while I hated the narrator, I still loved the change of read from my regular fantasy books. And I am surely going to pick more Agatha Christie books in future!
I loved the storyline and the plot of the book, it was predictable in some places but also managed to surprise me in between.Each characters were complex and had something to hide, hence we had every aspect of actually what happened uncovered inch by inch.That was fun to read.
I loved Poirot, his methodical ways of solving the crime and his OCD. I also liked other secondary characters just fine. My main issue was our narrator 'Hastings', I did not like him in the first book but in this book - I simply hated him. Some of his actions did not make any sense to me and he came across as very weak and idiot character. And don't get me started with the romance part of the book.I hated that also.Especially the one concerning our main character was so insta-lovey that I literally cringed while I read that and that made me dislike these characters even more.
I would give full marks to the story but other than that I had issues with lots of things and almost all concerning to Hastings and his questionable actions.
Plot and Writing - ☆☆☆☆☆
Characters, Relationships and Romance - ☆☆
So while I hated the narrator, I still loved the change of read from my regular fantasy books. And I am surely going to pick more Agatha Christie books in future!
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